[pianotech] strings

[Susan Kline]

Hi, Marshall

I can think of two things which might have happened. The string may not 
have been seated on
the hitch pin. It may have been hooked around the top of the hitch pin. 
Letting it down before
pulling it up might have released it enough that it slipped down to 
where it should have been,
which would lower the pitch.

The other possibility I can think of is that a bridge pin with a crack 
next to it might
have given up and gone vertical. So, without side bearing, the string 
would have gone low in
pitch, but could later be tuned back up.

Best,
Susan



Marshall Gisondi wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> Since we are on the topic of strings. I had this weird thing hapen.  I 
> was tuning this spinet piano a couple of weeks ago. The person who had 
> it before my new customer painted it and pretty much ruined the 
> outside of it and the new owner painted it too. Getting that bottom 
> panel off was tough, but I did it lol . Anyway, I was doing the pitch 
> raise on it and while tuning hmm I think one of the last six notes in 
> the treble way up top. G maybe or A not sure. Well I raised the pitch 
> and I heard a ping and the pitch fell.  I though the string broke.  It 
> did not break.  I brought it up again and it was fine. I felt around 
> and didn't find any sign of breakage.  I'm guessing that the string 
> got hung up in the rendering process due to rust and thus stretched 
> but fell because it didn't tighten up or move over the bridge.  Is 
> this a possibility?  Oh and this piano didn't have a name anywhere on 
> the plate, but only a serial number on the back top corner right I 
> think. It did have wood elbows I believe.  I wonder if one of you guys 
> put them on. lol :-)  The owner of the piano said that the key cover 
> was missing as well Perhaps the name was stenciled there.
> Marshall
> 215-510-9400
> http://www.phillytuner.com
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